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>> well, with regards to the economy, there's been numerous proposals from the obama administration put forward to create jobs. i mean, there was an american jobs act. there's certainly been proposals around investigating science, technology, engineering and training at community colleges. there's been a variety of things at the table but no agreement to it. in a congress that's in paralysis or gridlock, it's very hard to hold one man or person accountable. i also know that although the romney campaign is very much playing up the meager employment situation, i haven't been exactly clear what their vision is on youth employment either. you know, besides tax cuts and trickle-down economics, which don't necessarily make as much clear create job correlation sense to a young person. paul ryan's budget threatens to call medicare entirely, that's wildly unpopular with young people with applications outpacing the amount of spots. and there's cuts in education. there's an appeal from paul ryan to speak to young people on the basis that he argues we'll be footing the bill for many years to come,
>> well, with regards to the economy, there's been numerous proposals from the obama administration put forward to create jobs. i mean, there was an american jobs act. there's certainly been proposals around investigating science, technology, engineering and training at community colleges. there's been a variety of things at the table but no agreement to it. in a congress that's in paralysis or gridlock, it's very hard to hold one man or person accountable. i also know that although the...
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i know governor romney focuses on the obama administration. the reason he does is because he supported what the bush administration did. well, i didn't. >> romney is pushing back, urging voters to examine santorum's record on capitol hill. he said the pennsylvania senator is guilty of running up government debt on the tax payers's tab. >> had republicans go there that were going to try to reign in spending. they started acting like democrats. spending too much money with big earmarks. billions of dollars in rick santorum voted for. i've got the record that he does not have. and i believe that when it comes to that economic conservatism people will have a hard time finding someone more conservative than myself. >> the super pac supporting rick santorum is looking a bit further down the road past michigan and even past mitt romney to president obama. >> obama's reckless agenda must be stopped and there's only one candidate with the courage to do it. rick santorum. father, husband, champion for life. the leader with a bold plan to restore america
i know governor romney focuses on the obama administration. the reason he does is because he supported what the bush administration did. well, i didn't. >> romney is pushing back, urging voters to examine santorum's record on capitol hill. he said the pennsylvania senator is guilty of running up government debt on the tax payers's tab. >> had republicans go there that were going to try to reign in spending. they started acting like democrats. spending too much money with big...
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the obama administration was hoping to win the case on the commerce clause instead of the more politically uncomfortable power to tax. the only part of the affordable act that the supreme court struck down was the provision that requires all states to expand medicaid coverage substantially. that medicaid coverage is now optional for the states, which means millions of people who are going to receive that expanded coverage under medicaid will now receive nothing. we will have more on the policy discussion on exactly what the supreme court did today later. and those policy implications are much bigger than anyone still seems to realize. there were many surprises in the supreme court opinion, cliending the ruling gempbs tagainst the provision which always seemed to be more on a solid constitutional ground than the individual mandate. much has been made of the surprise chief justice roberts siding with the president on the individual mandate, but at least as surprising, if not more so was the defection of the president's former lawyer, the former obamaç administration solicitor general elen
the obama administration was hoping to win the case on the commerce clause instead of the more politically uncomfortable power to tax. the only part of the affordable act that the supreme court struck down was the provision that requires all states to expand medicaid coverage substantially. that medicaid coverage is now optional for the states, which means millions of people who are going to receive that expanded coverage under medicaid will now receive nothing. we will have more on the policy...
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praising, if you will, the obama administration. with all of that said, his speech boiled down to, there's an imminent threat. he compared it to the holocaust well,nd hels tt action must be taken within the next year it sounds. >> yeah. it will be interesting to see in the text day or two how the obama administration responds. we knew this red line speech was comi. wenew that the obama administration and netanyahu ecallyidee necessarily on the future actions to take. it's been abundantly clear obama has not appreciated having his hand forced by netanyahu. netanyahu has absolutely realized that this is an election season, has been accused probably rightly so of putingertaints u.s. election system to what he perceives to be his benefit. now that we know what the netanyahu red line is, it will be interesting to se how the obama admistration responds, whether or not it agrees. i have a sense that they will not appreciate having been is ?ed into y aee wh do you not agree? it's interesting to see what the white house does. >> thank you ve
praising, if you will, the obama administration. with all of that said, his speech boiled down to, there's an imminent threat. he compared it to the holocaust well,nd hels tt action must be taken within the next year it sounds. >> yeah. it will be interesting to see in the text day or two how the obama administration responds. we knew this red line speech was comi. wenew that the obama administration and netanyahu ecallyidee necessarily on the future actions to take. it's been abundantly...
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thankfully, the obama administration didn't follow romney's path. but now the candidate for the republicans is trying to rewrite history. let's remember, one of the american automobile industry to lose millions of jobs and suck $100 billion out of the economy. thankfully, the obama administration didn't follow romney's path. but now the candidate for the republicans is trying to rewrite history. >> i pushed that and the companies got on their feet, so i take credit to the fact this industry's got better. >> the obama administration responded with a strong statement today. this may be the most preposterous of them all. this is the first time mitt romney claimed credit for the automobile rescue. but it's not the first time he made it sound like it was his idea all along. >> the president did what i sawinged, going through a managed bankruptcy process. >> romney wrote a now famous op-ed in "the new york times." romney called for detroit to go bankrupt and said if the government loaned money to the automobilemakers, you can kiss the automobile industry
thankfully, the obama administration didn't follow romney's path. but now the candidate for the republicans is trying to rewrite history. let's remember, one of the american automobile industry to lose millions of jobs and suck $100 billion out of the economy. thankfully, the obama administration didn't follow romney's path. but now the candidate for the republicans is trying to rewrite history. >> i pushed that and the companies got on their feet, so i take credit to the fact this...
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. >> don't answer a basic question -- >> obama administration it's arne duncan. it's not just because he's a harvard basketball player, but he's been willing to take on the unions and do the right thing for students when david axelrod gets upset with him. >> we can have a different conversation about education, is it six major companies, all of whom have $15 billion in asset ors is it a society with a few start ups that eventually might take their place? or is it -- >> first of all -- >> what is it actually look like on a institutional level not a worker -- >> to be clear, in these kind of jobs, i don't think mitt romney thinks these big, huge corporations are the answer. as a matter of fact, mitt spent much of his consulting career critiquing how the big elephants weren't working well. most of these companies, by the way, are not going to be, you know, category killers and the sort of creative destruction mode. they are technology where we can lead the world. >> i totally understand why it's an appealing vision. it mismatches what the policy looks like and what
. >> don't answer a basic question -- >> obama administration it's arne duncan. it's not just because he's a harvard basketball player, but he's been willing to take on the unions and do the right thing for students when david axelrod gets upset with him. >> we can have a different conversation about education, is it six major companies, all of whom have $15 billion in asset ors is it a society with a few start ups that eventually might take their place? or is it -- >>...
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he now calls essentially the same rule from the obama administration an assault on religion. it's his own policy. mike huckabee, former weight loss guru, no longer trying to hawk that, now he's just a fox news personality and he's trying now to set off a national campaign under the heading we are all catholics now basting the obama administration for attacking religious liberty. remember what mike huckabee signed into law in his state when he was governor was the same thing that the obama administration proposed that mr. huckabee is now attacking. apparently it's okay if you are a republican. in terms of this kind of rule as federal policy, the same type of regulation that contraception had to be covered in health insurance prescription plans was upheld as part of federal employment law. federal employment law in the year 2000 when the bush administration took office they had the opportunity to roll that requirement back. they decided not to. they didn't even try. why would they? it wasn't a controversial issue. john ashcroft was asked about it in the senate at the time. he s
he now calls essentially the same rule from the obama administration an assault on religion. it's his own policy. mike huckabee, former weight loss guru, no longer trying to hawk that, now he's just a fox news personality and he's trying now to set off a national campaign under the heading we are all catholics now basting the obama administration for attacking religious liberty. remember what mike huckabee signed into law in his state when he was governor was the same thing that the obama...
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after the break, congress is challenging the obama administration's mandate on contraception, should employers be able to opt out of health care services they find objectionable? when i grow up, i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i'm going to start a band. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done growing. thanks, mom. i just want to get my car back. [ female announcer ] discover what's next in your life. get this free travel bag when you join at aarp.org/jointoday. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. hey, aren't you... shhh. i'm researching a role. today's special... the capital one venture card. you earn double miles on every purchase. impressive. chalk is a lost medium. if you're not earning double miles... you're s
after the break, congress is challenging the obama administration's mandate on contraception, should employers be able to opt out of health care services they find objectionable? when i grow up, i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i'm going to start a band. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done growing. thanks, mom. i just want to get...
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the obama administration denied having these conversations. >> few events have had more conversation in terms of foreign affairs than what happened in benghazi. republicans continue to ham terrify president on what they say was an intelligence failure. do you think that the question of whether and when the use of the word terror, or the word terror was used is a central one or is it just a diversion from a more serious snish >> -- issue. >> i that's diversion. we have many spots around the middle east, around the world. this was obviously a defeat in america's long war on terrorism, on islamist terrorism. but it represents one relatively minor. obviously it was tragic but still a minor act of terrorism compared to 9/11 or uss cole or any of the other things that have happened in the last 10 or 15 years. i do think it's divisionary. i don't think the romney camp will get a lot of traction that obama is soft on al qaeda. he did order the assassination of osama bin laden. the obama administration is using drones and other methods in half a dozen countries around the world to kill al qae
the obama administration denied having these conversations. >> few events have had more conversation in terms of foreign affairs than what happened in benghazi. republicans continue to ham terrify president on what they say was an intelligence failure. do you think that the question of whether and when the use of the word terror, or the word terror was used is a central one or is it just a diversion from a more serious snish >> -- issue. >> i that's diversion. we have many...
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thankfully, the obama administration didn't follow romney's path. now the candidate for the republicans is trying to rewrite history. >> i pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy and finally when that was done and help was given the companies got back on their feet. i'll take a lot of credit that this industry has come back. >> the obama campaign responded. there's been a lot of unbelievable statements during the campaign but this may be the most preposterous of them all. this is the first time mitt romney claimed credit for the automobile rescue. it's not the first time he made it sound like it was his idea all along. >> the president ultimately did what i suggested, going through a managed bankruptcy process. >> he wrote a now famous op-ed of the new york times but he's hoping we all forget what he wrote months ago. he called for detroit to go bankrupt and said if the government loaned money to the automobile makers, you can kiss the american automotive industry good-bye. it wouldn't go overnight but the demise would be virtually guaranteed. he wa
thankfully, the obama administration didn't follow romney's path. now the candidate for the republicans is trying to rewrite history. >> i pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy and finally when that was done and help was given the companies got back on their feet. i'll take a lot of credit that this industry has come back. >> the obama campaign responded. there's been a lot of unbelievable statements during the campaign but this may be the most preposterous of them all. this is...
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. >> today, josh fox returns, to talk about breaking news from the obama administration on fracking regulations. >>> good to have you with us tonight folks, thank for watching. i want to tell you there are things happening in wisconsin we'll get to later on in the show. >>> first tonight, we show this chart a lot. i love charts, really tells a story, gives you a snapshot and tells you what the trend is. we show it a lot, because the private sector job growth under president obama and president bush tell a different story. you may notice something different about it tonight. there is oh, yet another blue bar there at the end of the chart. you see, january was the 23rd consecutive month of private sector job growth. this is where it went. it started right here after the stimulus package and for 23 straight months, what have we seen? private sector job growth. the job force added 243,000 jobs in the month of january. unemployment dropped to 8.3%. may i tell you this is the lowest unemployment number since president obama's first month in office? now i'm just asking, i haven't given any commentary
. >> today, josh fox returns, to talk about breaking news from the obama administration on fracking regulations. >>> good to have you with us tonight folks, thank for watching. i want to tell you there are things happening in wisconsin we'll get to later on in the show. >>> first tonight, we show this chart a lot. i love charts, really tells a story, gives you a snapshot and tells you what the trend is. we show it a lot, because the private sector job growth under...
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i half think that these refs work part-time for the obama administration in the budget office. trying to pick the winners and losers and they don't even do that very well. unlike the seattle seahawks last night,e wa toeshi victory. >> vice president joe biden meanwhile has beenle holding mock debate sessions with chris van holland and campaigned yesterday in the state of virginia, keeping romney's comments about the 47% in his line of attack. >> he attacks the 47 the american people who he says paid no federal taxes. and he attacks, he, romney, attacking someone on taxes? atike me attacking someone for being passionate in politics. >> also yesterday here in new york city, president obama addressed the united nations. the general assembly there. the president strongly condemning the anti-islamic ren th mide east, but he he also says it did not justify the attack on the united states embassy. >> i know there are some who ask why don't we just ban such a video. and the answer is enshrined in our laws. our constitutio protects the right to practice f spee. cchaplre going to call me
i half think that these refs work part-time for the obama administration in the budget office. trying to pick the winners and losers and they don't even do that very well. unlike the seattle seahawks last night,e wa toeshi victory. >> vice president joe biden meanwhile has beenle holding mock debate sessions with chris van holland and campaigned yesterday in the state of virginia, keeping romney's comments about the 47% in his line of attack. >> he attacks the 47 the american people...
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earlier this year, the obama administration, you know what they did? they tite tightened regulations on oil and gas industries requiring drillers to capture emissions of certain air pollutants. seems reasonable, doesn't it? harold hamm only cares about making more money. he didn't like that. >> a lot of the things the obama administration has done haven't been helpful to our industry. there are a lot of obstacles. our energy policy in america today is one of energy deprivation. how little energy we can use. that's what third world countries, what the poor countries do. >> my god, i didn't realize that harold hamm was living in a third world country, did you? he's got it so rough right now, he can't live without the bush tax cuts again. to harold hamm, president obama is the guy standing in the way of him moving up on the forbes 400 list. you see, hamm could get to the top ten if he could just get around all these environmental regulations that the obama administration is throwing out there. of course, there obama administration, we should probably poin
earlier this year, the obama administration, you know what they did? they tite tightened regulations on oil and gas industries requiring drillers to capture emissions of certain air pollutants. seems reasonable, doesn't it? harold hamm only cares about making more money. he didn't like that. >> a lot of the things the obama administration has done haven't been helpful to our industry. there are a lot of obstacles. our energy policy in america today is one of energy deprivation. how little...
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even the obama administration or the obama campaign said that's not a great thing to go after because it reinforces the idea he's malleable and can be whom ever you want him to be. but now that warshack candidate is coming back to haunt him. >> i would like to see mitt romney do a recordshack ink block psychological profile. >> he what does he think of the ink blots. that's another conversation for another time. after the break survival of the fittest. is the gop losing the bid to take control of the upper chamber this november. we will discuss next. hi, i'm phil mickelson. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, ot
even the obama administration or the obama campaign said that's not a great thing to go after because it reinforces the idea he's malleable and can be whom ever you want him to be. but now that warshack candidate is coming back to haunt him. >> i would like to see mitt romney do a recordshack ink block psychological profile. >> he what does he think of the ink blots. that's another conversation for another time. after the break survival of the fittest. is the gop losing the bid to...
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look at the impact of the ryan budget not just from the obama administration or this campaign by independent experts. it would kick hundreds of thousands of kids off of head start. it's the largest cut in history on medicaid which means people would be kicked out of nursing homes. it's not how you build a strong economy. it's not balanced approach to reducing our deficit and it's not an approach that the american people support. >> let me ask you about one last strategic issue that i think i saw in the speech but i'm in the sure i'm seeing it right. i think he name checked six different republican presidents in this speech. he talked about how a lot of the things that he's criticized now he's called socialism now are things that republicans not that long ago embraced as their own ideas. in doing that and in name checking republican presidents and talking about how republicans have been willing to abandon their own ideas now that president obama supports the idea, i felt like he was not just criticizing republicans but trying to peel off republican voters who may think of themselves as consis
look at the impact of the ryan budget not just from the obama administration or this campaign by independent experts. it would kick hundreds of thousands of kids off of head start. it's the largest cut in history on medicaid which means people would be kicked out of nursing homes. it's not how you build a strong economy. it's not balanced approach to reducing our deficit and it's not an approach that the american people support. >> let me ask you about one last strategic issue that i...
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the obama administration initially claimed the attacks stemmed from a protest over an anti-islam film produced in the united states. and posted to youtube. but officials at the state department say that was never their conclusion adding there was no protest at all. in fact, diplomats first realized they were under at being a when they heard exploegs and saw armed men entering their compound. a quick response team was dispatched with 60 libyan militia men to try to stop the assault, but they were too late. by then the attackers already had set fire to the building where ambassador chris stevens was hiding. that account directly conflicts the description of the attack provided on "meet the press" by u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice. this was on september 16th, five days after the attack. >> putting together the best information that we have available to us today, our current assessment is that what happened in benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in cairo. almost a copy cat of the demonstrations against our facility in cair
the obama administration initially claimed the attacks stemmed from a protest over an anti-islam film produced in the united states. and posted to youtube. but officials at the state department say that was never their conclusion adding there was no protest at all. in fact, diplomats first realized they were under at being a when they heard exploegs and saw armed men entering their compound. a quick response team was dispatched with 60 libyan militia men to try to stop the assault, but they...
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the justice department, the obama administration said medicaid has always worked that way. every time you expand the coverage, the states take it or leave it and this really isn't that much different. surprising will i, that engaged the justices and put the medicaid part of this law in jeopardy as well. >> it is going to be released, a ruling in june. the speculation will continue until then. pete williams, great to see you this morning. >>> the political stars appear to be lining up for front-runner, mitt romney, who holds a strong lead over rick santorum, less than a week away from voting in wisconsin. it has rick santorum plummeting back to earth in his home state where romney could deliver a dagger to the conservative's campaign. romney locking up endorsements from big-name republicans, including a possible running mate who could help him with the hispanic vote. >> it is evidently and increasingly clear that mitt romney is going to be the republican nominee. >> you are endorsing mitt romney? >> i have zero doubt in my mind, that mitt romney will govern as a conservative
the justice department, the obama administration said medicaid has always worked that way. every time you expand the coverage, the states take it or leave it and this really isn't that much different. surprising will i, that engaged the justices and put the medicaid part of this law in jeopardy as well. >> it is going to be released, a ruling in june. the speculation will continue until then. pete williams, great to see you this morning. >>> the political stars appear to be...
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administration has not moved on the gun issue. do you agree? h. >> no, but quickly, michael, those of us who believe in the second amendment and believe in gun control know that the second amendment like all amendments has the limits. the first amendment clearly spells out the right to free speech, be you can't go into the crowded movie theater and cry fire. you are not allowed to do that, because there are limits. there are limits on what is reasonable gun ownership, and that is all we trying to do. >> why has gun debate dropped off of the radar and this is an example of the folks addressed it. in the "daily beast" new york mayor michael bloomberg says that to hear the pundits americans are hopelessly divided by guns, but we are not. nra members support the right to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, and support common sense steps to ensure that guns are kept out of the hands of criminals, and also, it is as if to avoid gun control at all costs has become a plank in the democratic party platform. react. >> well, first of al
administration has not moved on the gun issue. do you agree? h. >> no, but quickly, michael, those of us who believe in the second amendment and believe in gun control know that the second amendment like all amendments has the limits. the first amendment clearly spells out the right to free speech, be you can't go into the crowded movie theater and cry fire. you are not allowed to do that, because there are limits. there are limits on what is reasonable gun ownership, and that is all we...
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they're running this ad saying obama administration is getting rid of the work requirement for welfare which is another old racial canard. i see this pattern here about calling him a foreign and constantly doing that. i think that's beneath the party of lincoln, way beneath it, and i hope to hell for the good of this country we don't fight an election on whether or not obama is an american but whether either can be the best president. it's about time they got their best out there and not their worst. we've been seeing a lot of their worst. i had a fight with reince priebus on "morning joe" because he's doing that this morning, saying that the entire obama health care plan was something brought in from europe when in fact teddy roosevelt of the republican party was advocating national health a century ago and franklin roosevelt and harry truman. is it american to have people waiting in the emergency room? is that the american way to do health care? i think that's ridiculous the health care plan brought in from the heritage foundation and republican party is now being branded by the repu
they're running this ad saying obama administration is getting rid of the work requirement for welfare which is another old racial canard. i see this pattern here about calling him a foreign and constantly doing that. i think that's beneath the party of lincoln, way beneath it, and i hope to hell for the good of this country we don't fight an election on whether or not obama is an american but whether either can be the best president. it's about time they got their best out there and not their...
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. >> reporter: and back when he was a candidate, barack obama pledged to step up the mission. >> we will kill bin laden, we will crush al qaeda. that has to be our biggest national security priority. >> the focus for this administration was on getting bin laden. that was a piece of unfinished business that went to the honor, as well as the security of our country. >> reporter: leon panetta was cia director back in the summer of 2010 when the first big break materialized. the cia tracked a man believed to be bin laden's courier to a walled off compound in abatabad, pakistan. satellites parked above the compound revealed another figure, a man taking walks in the courtyard. they gave him a nickname, the pacer. but the information was never good enough to know if it was bin laden. >> ultimately, it was a 50/50 proposition as to whether this was bin laden. >> reporter: still, it was the best intelligence breakthrough since the u.s. came close to bin laden but lost him in tora bora back in 2001. >> when the intel community began to pick up information, and when they began to get more of a sens
. >> reporter: and back when he was a candidate, barack obama pledged to step up the mission. >> we will kill bin laden, we will crush al qaeda. that has to be our biggest national security priority. >> the focus for this administration was on getting bin laden. that was a piece of unfinished business that went to the honor, as well as the security of our country. >> reporter: leon panetta was cia director back in the summer of 2010 when the first big break materialized....
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it's part of why the obama administration said if you take away the individual mandate, you've got to take away the other issues. otherwise, you're forcing insurance companies to cover everybody but only the sickest will actually buy the insurance. >> as mike sacks pointed out, they did a poor job of selling the individual mandate. why? this isn't, you know, a handou it's a hand up. >> americans do not like the word mandate. even progressive americans don't like the ytd idea of being told that ne must do something, like they must vote on tuesdays. >> if we want to drive a car, we must have a driver's license and be fully insured to drive that car. otherwise, we are going to end up in the dog house when we have a fender bender or worse. >> but your federal government didn't tell you that, your state government told you that. we have our greatest anxiety when the federal government tells us that we must do something. they need to sell better what this mandate is. >> we will see how it all breaks out tomorrow. melissa harris-perry, thank you so much. catch more of melissa on our own show
it's part of why the obama administration said if you take away the individual mandate, you've got to take away the other issues. otherwise, you're forcing insurance companies to cover everybody but only the sickest will actually buy the insurance. >> as mike sacks pointed out, they did a poor job of selling the individual mandate. why? this isn't, you know, a handou it's a hand up. >> americans do not like the word mandate. even progressive americans don't like the ytd idea of...
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it reads, it's disgraceful the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks. the statement was put out before the attacks came out. it came out later condemning the attacks. they responded writing, we are shocked at a time the united states of america is confronting the tragic death in libya, governor romney would choose to launch a political attack. for more on this, we turn to richard engel, live in cairo. bring us up to speed as we wake up this morning. >> reporter: well, the major development is what potentially happened in libya, the city of benghazi. it's not just any officer that was killed but it was the u.s. em bass dor that died because of smoke inhilation. he was visiting the facility in benghazi at the time. those reports have not been confirmed by the u.s. state department. they are being reported across the middle east with live images coming out from in front of the u.s. consulate, now, a burned down shell in the city of benghazi. it would be a major escalation. not only did the attackers storm the building in benghazi, they attacked it with rif
it reads, it's disgraceful the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks. the statement was put out before the attacks came out. it came out later condemning the attacks. they responded writing, we are shocked at a time the united states of america is confronting the tragic death in libya, governor romney would choose to launch a political attack. for more on this, we turn to richard engel, live in cairo. bring us up to speed as we wake up this morning. >> reporter:...
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. >> do you believe the obama administration was hoping for gun violence? >> no. i think that they were trying to find a way to impose more restrictions and gun control in the united states. and blame, again, the violence on drug trafficking and the murders that were taking place in mexico on arms from the united states entering mexico. >> so you believe that they concocted this program to have guns going to mexico so something could happen that they could then come in and deal more with gun control? >> absolutely. that was the purpose of it. a and the whole thing became terribly botched. they lost control of the guns. this is the department of justice using hard earned taxpayer money to buy weapons then supplies them to drug dealers and murderers in mexico. it's unbelievable. and losing track of the weapons. >> that is why the committee has started the investigation into this program? >> absolutely. when you have a federal agent, first again you've got to go back february 4th of 2011. department of justice denied any knowledge of the program in a letter to us and
. >> do you believe the obama administration was hoping for gun violence? >> no. i think that they were trying to find a way to impose more restrictions and gun control in the united states. and blame, again, the violence on drug trafficking and the murders that were taking place in mexico on arms from the united states entering mexico. >> so you believe that they concocted this program to have guns going to mexico so something could happen that they could then come in and...
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at the beginning of the obama presidency in 2009, the obama administration released memos in which the bush administration had told itself that torturing people was legal. that as they read the law, cia interrogators couldn't be prosecuted for torturing anyone, because torture was legal, as they saw it. torture is not legal. torture is illegal. and as a top lawyer at the bush state department, philip zelikow circulated a letter within the administration saying that essentially the administration was kidding itself in trying to say that there was some way around the law here. they were trying to give a legal green light to cia interrogators to torture people, but that green light, he said, was a sham. after the obama administration released those sham memos from the bush administration, philip zelikow disclosed that he had written this dissent. he said he had written this dissent at the time, but he said that i cannot disclose it to you, because the bush administration tried to cover it up and pretend like it never existed. >> i heard the memo was not considered appropriate for further
at the beginning of the obama presidency in 2009, the obama administration released memos in which the bush administration had told itself that torturing people was legal. that as they read the law, cia interrogators couldn't be prosecuted for torturing anyone, because torture was legal, as they saw it. torture is not legal. torture is illegal. and as a top lawyer at the bush state department, philip zelikow circulated a letter within the administration saying that essentially the...
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during the obama administration, each year growth is dropping. all the goals, all the targets that president obama has laid out in terms of growth rates, unemployment rates, those have all fallen short by a significant amount. his 2010 budget had us growing at 4.6% this year. we'll be at 1.3% this year. today the "wall street journal" had a survey of 50 economists. they think unemployment is not going to be better six months from now than it is right now. that is a tragedy for millions of americans. the 23 million americans out of a job or can't find a job or have dropped out of the work force because this obama economy. they've begin up. >> do you think we'll hear more about the economy if these are questions for real people? this is more foreign policy than some people expected last night. we have an entire foreign policy debate coming up. is this debate going to be about the economy? >> the next debate will be domestic and about the economy. i think it is a great opportunity for obama to have a conversation with the american people and people
during the obama administration, each year growth is dropping. all the goals, all the targets that president obama has laid out in terms of growth rates, unemployment rates, those have all fallen short by a significant amount. his 2010 budget had us growing at 4.6% this year. we'll be at 1.3% this year. today the "wall street journal" had a survey of 50 economists. they think unemployment is not going to be better six months from now than it is right now. that is a tragedy for...
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those deported already under the obama administration the last three years, 1.5 million people have been deported. there, stiff out of luck. >> they are. that's why this whole process, because of the politics involved, it's going to be watched very closely by both sides. if we see a lot of fraud or if we see that there's problems in how this posse is implemented, you're going to have criticism from both immigrant rights group and the anti-immigrant crowd. for some families unfortunately, you'll end up with mixed status families where maybe the kids are on a path to temporary legalization and yet submitting documents and papers with their parents' names and when they came. that's the irony for undocumented people eligible for this policy. now they have to submit travel documents, journals, paperwork, grades, transcripts. >> because they have to prove they were here before they were 16 years of age, they have to say my parents brought me here, ie my parents are undocumented and don't appear as of right now on the american radar picture of the undo you wanted. >> that's the risk. >> it's wo
those deported already under the obama administration the last three years, 1.5 million people have been deported. there, stiff out of luck. >> they are. that's why this whole process, because of the politics involved, it's going to be watched very closely by both sides. if we see a lot of fraud or if we see that there's problems in how this posse is implemented, you're going to have criticism from both immigrant rights group and the anti-immigrant crowd. for some families unfortunately,...
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hopefully for the obama administration, iran doesn't blow up. so it seems to me this is the year where the ds are going to be the ones touting their record on foreign policy. >> we'll talk about these key states such aspen pen but you heard joe biden refer to mitt romney's time as a businessman or a ceo. isn't that what's on the minds of your home state and everywhere else, maybe not national security because there's not been a major attack on this country but the attack is in the wallet, at the gas pump and places where we know people are really suffering. >> i think you're right. i think that foreign policy and also the social issues only come into play when people are feeling comfortable about the economy. it will be the economy if the economy remains unsteady or unstable. then we'll look at those other issues. what i'm saying is if it gets to the other issues, i think that the ds have something they can tout. >> to his point, it is extraordinary that you have the ds being able to tout foreign policy. this story line of democrats being weak,
hopefully for the obama administration, iran doesn't blow up. so it seems to me this is the year where the ds are going to be the ones touting their record on foreign policy. >> we'll talk about these key states such aspen pen but you heard joe biden refer to mitt romney's time as a businessman or a ceo. isn't that what's on the minds of your home state and everywhere else, maybe not national security because there's not been a major attack on this country but the attack is in the wallet,...
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mandate by the obama administration. mark scheels joins me, and don't be surprised if he says a few things you might not agree with. >>> and later, we'll be joined by the couple whose case overturned proposition 8 today in california. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, the susan g. komen foundation had a big resignation today, but the komen team still has not resigned themselves to telling us the truth. >>> the question to ask yourself is, can i really vote for a man who's running for president of the united states who ties his dog to the roof of his car? >> millions of americans out of work. foreclosures are at record levels. >>> thanks to a supreme court decision called citizens united, they are being helped along this year by special interest groups that are spending unlimited amounts of money on attack ads without ever disclosing who's behind all these attack ads. you don't know. it could be the oil industry. it could be the insurance industry. it could even be foreign-owned corporations. that's not just a threat to dem
mandate by the obama administration. mark scheels joins me, and don't be surprised if he says a few things you might not agree with. >>> and later, we'll be joined by the couple whose case overturned proposition 8 today in california. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, the susan g. komen foundation had a big resignation today, but the komen team still has not resigned themselves to telling us the truth. >>> the question to ask yourself is, can i really vote for a man...
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. >> the obama administration saw a glimmer of hope to this late statement by the swing vote kennedy suggesting that his vote may be in play and he wondered because the cost of treating people without insurance is shifted to those who do. health care may be unique. >> the young person who is uninsured is uniquely proximateimately very close to affecting the rates and the cost of providing medical care in something that is not true in other industries. >> they are hanging their hat on that. pete williams joins me from the supreme court and let me ask about today and being the issue whether you can serf the mandate from the law. is that an opportunity for the government to basically reargue the mandate and come back with better counters? >> i doubt it. this is a what if question and you have to take the what if as a given. that is to say if the court were to strike the mandate down. the argument for the government will be that whether or not the individual mandate, the requirement to buy insurance is so bound with the rest of the law that you can't pull it apart. they said this is like
. >> the obama administration saw a glimmer of hope to this late statement by the swing vote kennedy suggesting that his vote may be in play and he wondered because the cost of treating people without insurance is shifted to those who do. health care may be unique. >> the young person who is uninsured is uniquely proximateimately very close to affecting the rates and the cost of providing medical care in something that is not true in other industries. >> they are hanging their...
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administration, president barack obama and whoever the republican nominee is going to be. the bottom line right now is the economy matters more than anything else. we need to make sure that people have a fair shot to access the american dream. so there's no choice when you think about that. >> so this isn't about education policy. >> this is about economics. in terms of education, as you said, chuck, there have been some differences. where we don't differ is on the commit xhnt to give -- we differ times on how to do it, and we've not been shy in talking to the obama administration on that. we think that you have to actually focus on teaching and learning, listening to frontline educators, giving them the resources they need, as opposed to strictly focusing on measurement, testing and accountability, but bottom line here is president obama has been fighting to create jobs for americans, fighting for the investment in education, and ultimately if we don't turn this around so that americans can rebuild the middle class, can have access to a fair shot in the economy, then we'r
administration, president barack obama and whoever the republican nominee is going to be. the bottom line right now is the economy matters more than anything else. we need to make sure that people have a fair shot to access the american dream. so there's no choice when you think about that. >> so this isn't about education policy. >> this is about economics. in terms of education, as you said, chuck, there have been some differences. where we don't differ is on the commit xhnt to...
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the obama administration has argued it's moving in the right direction. >> this is the longest recovery in world history. this is reckless by the president and his economic policies have kept this going. he's had three wasted years by his own admission. he should be thrown out. >> we were starting from a very bad place. let's rewind and go back to 2008 where we were. we were on the brink of financial collapse. the president came in with a very, very difficult situation, and he stabilized it and we see incremental growth, but the issue about bain is that it's an issue because he didn't address it and because it's within the tax -- >> and because he says his experience as a businessman is how he will move us forward, so it's all interrelated. let me play for you the latest obama ad which attacks mitt romney. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ for purple mountains majesty ♪ above the fruited plain >> effective, rick? >> you know, when i saw that ad i was frankly disgusted. not because of mitt romney's poor singing but the fact that mitt romney is and
the obama administration has argued it's moving in the right direction. >> this is the longest recovery in world history. this is reckless by the president and his economic policies have kept this going. he's had three wasted years by his own admission. he should be thrown out. >> we were starting from a very bad place. let's rewind and go back to 2008 where we were. we were on the brink of financial collapse. the president came in with a very, very difficult situation, and he...
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. >>> mounting pressure and qutions face the obama administration ovethsaul inya that killed the u.s. ambassador. was the white house reluctant to declare it a terrorist attack because it happened on a 9/11 anniversary and the politics of the momentight have swallowed them up? >>> pushback inpennsyania. ted. laws violate anyone's rights. may not matter if a judge decides that the new rules simply can't work in time. good morning from washington. it's thursday, septemb 27th, 12. this is "e day ruow thelsf matching manhattan moments and duelling buckeye banjos in ohio, mitt romney a president obama hit the same state for the third day in a row. today it's virginia. the president will speak at a rally at a virgin beach am amphitheater. as we told you yesterday, virginia is likely to be this year's florida or ohio. the state where returns will mostly resemble the national number. if you want to know how important virginia is to both mpaigns, look at where the e buygir ads. four of the top ten most saturated tv markets in the country this week are all in virginia. roanoke lynchburg market,
. >>> mounting pressure and qutions face the obama administration ovethsaul inya that killed the u.s. ambassador. was the white house reluctant to declare it a terrorist attack because it happened on a 9/11 anniversary and the politics of the momentight have swallowed them up? >>> pushback inpennsyania. ted. laws violate anyone's rights. may not matter if a judge decides that the new rules simply can't work in time. good morning from washington. it's thursday, septemb 27th,...
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and i would imagine the obama administration, or obama's going to go through tonight, you really only need to know two numbers about romney's tax plan, one is $480 billion. that's the cost of it in 2015, just to pick one year. and the other is $251 billion. that's the amount that will go to very wealthy families. now, mitt romney's promise, his tax plan won't cost a dime on the deficit. so he somehow needs to get $480 billion out of the tax code by closing breaks and loopholes, seems like the mortgage interest deduction, and also that it won't be a tax cut on the rich. so about $250 billion of it needs to come from tax breaks for the rich. the problem for him is that independent analysts have looked at and basically said, when you take into account the tax breaks he's promised he won't touch, like the capital gains tax break, it's basically impossible to make the numbers worse. there's no way to get that many tax breaks from the rich, because they don't use that many tax breaks. you have to go to implausible assumptions about growth and other things. romney so far hasn't had a good an
and i would imagine the obama administration, or obama's going to go through tonight, you really only need to know two numbers about romney's tax plan, one is $480 billion. that's the cost of it in 2015, just to pick one year. and the other is $251 billion. that's the amount that will go to very wealthy families. now, mitt romney's promise, his tax plan won't cost a dime on the deficit. so he somehow needs to get $480 billion out of the tax code by closing breaks and loopholes, seems like the...
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let's talk about all of this and the difference it's going to make. >> well, the obama administration says this is a shift in enforcement. they say they are going to focus on illegal immigrants who are a criminals or danger to national security and give a break to those here illegally through no fault of their own. >> yes we did. yes we did. >> reporter: young people covered by the new policy cheered the announcement outside of the white house. >> i can't describe it. it's so amazing. i'm so happy. >> reporter: president obama said it's intended to help those brought here illegally by their parents. >> these are young people who study in our schools and play in our neighborhoods and they are friends with our kids. they pledge allegiance to our flag. >> reporter: starting immediately, the government will stop deporting people here illegally brought to the u.s. under age 16 and are no older than 30 now, have lived here at least the past five years and are in school or have a high school diploma or military service and have not committed a serious crime. the homeland security secretary s
let's talk about all of this and the difference it's going to make. >> well, the obama administration says this is a shift in enforcement. they say they are going to focus on illegal immigrants who are a criminals or danger to national security and give a break to those here illegally through no fault of their own. >> yes we did. yes we did. >> reporter: young people covered by the new policy cheered the announcement outside of the white house. >> i can't describe it....
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>>> tonight the president's decision to accept the new reality of super-pacs, the obama administration's defense of their decision on contraception coverage in health care plan, and the momentous court decision in california reversing proposition 8. the proposition supported by mitt romney and the mormon church to ban marriage equality in california. we will have all of those stories coming up, but first, here are the latest results from the caucuses in minnesota and colorado and the primary in missouri. we start in missouri. nbc news declares rick santorum as the projected winner in the missouri republican primary. rick santorum will finish first, mitt romney second, and ron paul third. newt gingrich was not on the ballot in this missouri primary contest. the primary is non-binding, the missouri republican party will caucus later this year to allocate delegates during their convention. the delegate count will not change. mitt romney will still, after tonight, have 84 delegates, newt gingrich 23, rick santorum 14, and ron paul 11. in the minnesota caucuses with 13% of the vote in, rick s
>>> tonight the president's decision to accept the new reality of super-pacs, the obama administration's defense of their decision on contraception coverage in health care plan, and the momentous court decision in california reversing proposition 8. the proposition supported by mitt romney and the mormon church to ban marriage equality in california. we will have all of those stories coming up, but first, here are the latest results from the caucuses in minnesota and colorado and the...
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but back home, mitt romney condemned the obama administration for leaning on diplomacy. in a statement issued yesterday, romney said, "president obama's lack of leadership has resulted in a policy of paralysis that has watched assad slaughter 10,000 individuals. we should increase pressure on russia to cease selling arms to the syrian government and to end its obstruction at the united nations. and we should work with partners to arm the opposition so they can defend themselves." p.j. crowley is a former state department spokesman and major general john paul eaton, rather, served more than three decades in the u.s. army. i want to start with major eaton on this matter. is this president simply -- rather, this president wannabe, mitt romney, is he simply surrounded by the same people who surrounded w., who used their intellectual superiority to talk him into the war in iraq. are they doing the same thing to push this candidate of the republican party to be hawkish at every moment on every front? >> chris, good to be with you. and it certainly seems to be that way. a lot o
but back home, mitt romney condemned the obama administration for leaning on diplomacy. in a statement issued yesterday, romney said, "president obama's lack of leadership has resulted in a policy of paralysis that has watched assad slaughter 10,000 individuals. we should increase pressure on russia to cease selling arms to the syrian government and to end its obstruction at the united nations. and we should work with partners to arm the opposition so they can defend themselves." p.j....
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seven states are now suing the obama administration over that new mandate requiring birth control coverage for employees of religious affiliated hospitals, schools and other programs. they're making a first amendment argument. the obama administration says they feel shift the role from employers to health insurers. [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ >>> mitt romney, then again last night speaking to voters in michigan. >> one of the first things that i'll do actually on day one is i will end the government's favoritism toward unions on contracts and i will fight to repeal davis bacon. didn't know that was going to get that kind of response. i just said that earlier. >> joini
seven states are now suing the obama administration over that new mandate requiring birth control coverage for employees of religious affiliated hospitals, schools and other programs. they're making a first amendment argument. the obama administration says they feel shift the role from employers to health insurers. [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile...
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been taken by the obama administration and used further. and what we have today, it is absolutely the case that congress played politics with the most important terrorism trials of our time and that is why they are going to be tried in a second tier system of justice, that is unfortunate both as a matter of justice and because of the american people deserve better. but the president and the administration could also fight more for the principles that they came into office with. and that also remains true. >> i think in the previous segment we were talking about whether the government has the power to make you buy insurance. that's an open constitutional question. well, we also should be talking in this country about whether the government can kill you without trial, without a process, without even verified public evidence. the military context traditionally has been different than the civilian context and some of these issues are open questions because we have a different stateless enemy. so i don't think they are easy questions about but i
been taken by the obama administration and used further. and what we have today, it is absolutely the case that congress played politics with the most important terrorism trials of our time and that is why they are going to be tried in a second tier system of justice, that is unfortunate both as a matter of justice and because of the american people deserve better. but the president and the administration could also fight more for the principles that they came into office with. and that also...
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one of which is the economy and when you look at it, what do you do if you're the obama administration and see the numbers in front of you? >> there's a risk and reward for mitt romney in this strategy. the risk is that he's hedged his entire campaign on the economy so that if the economy improves by november, he's sort of out of gas. for him the reward where the area he matches or in some polls best the president is on people's insecurity about the economy going forward irrespective of it getting better and slowly and people's confidence growing. romney is gambling everything on the economy not being so good. what you heard about rudy giuliani saying that he's likable but, you can tell the message is against people who don't distrust the candidate like the base does. >> thank you for following along with us with the president as he was speaking live in washington. we'll have more on the program today. we'll talk more next time. thank you so much. coming up, zimmerman, george zimmerman, out on bail. we'll have that coming up. [ fabric flapping in wind ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at ni
one of which is the economy and when you look at it, what do you do if you're the obama administration and see the numbers in front of you? >> there's a risk and reward for mitt romney in this strategy. the risk is that he's hedged his entire campaign on the economy so that if the economy improves by november, he's sort of out of gas. for him the reward where the area he matches or in some polls best the president is on people's insecurity about the economy going forward irrespective of...
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administration to reorganize under the terms that they did. >> what i would say is it was good it got done and i appreciate that, because it wasn't about the bankruptcy of two companies. it was about the automotive supply chain and it got done. there were other ways it could have been done but the point is it's history. it was a positive history. the question on michiganders minds is they respect that. the issue what is are we doing for jobs today, tomorrow and for the future of our kids. i view it as people should talk about it, acknowledge that it worked and just move on and focus on what's on people's minds today. how are we going to get the job for our kids coming out of school and how do we move forward for the people that still need a job. >> what's going to happen to detroit? >> the city in terms of -- it's a challenge but the thing is, we've worked hard to build a good partnership. i viewer the mayor and city council, they should be running detroit and at the state level we are trying to be a good partner. all of us need to come together to say a couple things. one, we need to
administration to reorganize under the terms that they did. >> what i would say is it was good it got done and i appreciate that, because it wasn't about the bankruptcy of two companies. it was about the automotive supply chain and it got done. there were other ways it could have been done but the point is it's history. it was a positive history. the question on michiganders minds is they respect that. the issue what is are we doing for jobs today, tomorrow and for the future of our kids....
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today they can start applying for temporary work permits under the obama administration's deferred action initiative. it gives a two-year reprieve to young people brought to the united states illegally when they were under 16. i'm joininged by jose diaz ballard. 1.8 million people. what does this mean for latino voters? >> imagine that those brought here through no fault of their own, and find out as they progress in life and want to get a driver's license and want to see how to consider their studies, they parents say even though you may not know another country, you're not from here and don't have any rights. think about the eflkt it has for their families. it tells them for two years you will not have to fear looking over your shoulder everywhere you go, any time you leave the house it won't be an act of fear because you cannot be deported for something that your parents did. it's fascinating i. one of the great things in this country is you can never be convicted for the crimes of your parents. except if you're a dreamer. so if your parents steal money, you can't be put in jail for th
today they can start applying for temporary work permits under the obama administration's deferred action initiative. it gives a two-year reprieve to young people brought to the united states illegally when they were under 16. i'm joininged by jose diaz ballard. 1.8 million people. what does this mean for latino voters? >> imagine that those brought here through no fault of their own, and find out as they progress in life and want to get a driver's license and want to see how to consider...